IKDEX. 



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Antirrhinum, 176. 

 Apetulous, without petals, 56. 



AuhvllDUs, without leaves. 



Ai)6i)ysis, a swelling. See Fig. I, 7, a. 

 Apex, the summit or tip, 21. 

 Apple Tree, lOT, 111. 

 Api)le Moss, 17. 



Appiessed, closely ai)plied, but not ad- 

 hering to ; the same as udpressed. 

 Apterous, without wini;s. 

 Aquatic, living in the water. 

 ArucGuc !^3^> 



Arboreus, arborescent, tree-like. 

 Ai'butus, trailing, 158. 

 Arcuate, arched or curved like a bow 

 Arctostaphvlus, 158. 

 Alii, an extra seed-envelope, as 



in Enonymus. 

 Ai"isiema, <!31. 



Aristate, awned ; bearing an awn. 

 Armed, bearing prickles, spines, 

 etc. 



Arnica, 147. 



Aroids, 232. 



Articulated, jointed. 



Artemisia, 147. 



Arum, 232. , ,. , 



Ascending, arising obliquely ; assurgent. 



Ascidia, leaves holding water, 161. 



A>clepiadacea3, 197. 



Asclepias, 197, 199. 



Ash !)3. 



Aspidium, 27. 



Assal'oetida, 137. 



Assimilate, to digest as food. 



Aster, China, 147. 



Asterworts. 140. 



Attar of Roses, 116. 



Arctostaphylus, 158. 



Aui-icula, 16S. „. Jil 



Amiculate, with ear-shaped lobes, 74. c;;^^ 



Awn, the beard of Barley, and the f^ 

 like, 276. 



Axial root, 50. , , 



Axil, the angle between the petiole and 

 branch, on the upper side, 90. 



Axillary, growing out of the axils, 90. 



Axis, the central body or column, 13. 



B. 



Baccate, berry-like. 



Balm. 



Balsamine. 95. 



Bamboo, 22.-), 2«0. 



Banner, same as vexillum, lid 



Bark, tlie outer layers of Ex 



ogenous stems, 107. 

 Barlev, 279. 

 Bartramia, 18. 



Bartram, John, 18. ,^ . , . 



Basilar style, attached to the base of 



the ovarv. Brunella, ISO. -^ 



Bath Flower, ^9. 



Bdellium, 137. ^ ^ , ^. ^,.. 



Beaked, ending in an extended tip. 267. 

 Bean, 12.5. ^ , 



Bearberry. See Arctostaiihylns. 

 Bearded, with awns, or tufted hairs. 



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Beech, 111. Beech Tree, 213. 

 Begonia. 120. 



Bellworts, 2.-)l. [pnlp. 



Berry, a fruit with its seeds immersed in 

 Bi, Bis (in comi)ound words), twice. 

 Bie.mial, of 2 years, 125. 

 Biennial-fruit, 210. 

 Bilid, cleft into 2 parts, 79. 

 Bifoliate, with two leaflets. 

 Big Trees of Calaveras, 221. 

 Bilabiate, two-lipped, 173. 

 Binate, two growing to- 

 gether. See Bifoliate. 

 Bindweeds, 1H7. 

 Blpiniiate, twice pinnated. 

 Bii)iiinatiiid, twice pin- 



iiatifid, 24. 

 Bird Knot weed, 201. 

 Biternate, twice ternate, 58. 

 Bivalved, two-valved. 

 Blackberry, 116. 

 Blade, the main part of a leaf. 

 Blinding Tree, 207. 

 Blanched, whitened for want of light ; the 



same as etiolated. 

 Bloodroot, 64. 

 Bloom, a fine white powder on some 



plants. 

 Blueberry, 158. 

 Blue Cm-Is, 179.— Flag, 241.— Grass, 274.— 



Violet, 77. 

 Blue-eved Grass, 244. 

 Bouncing Bet, 83. 

 Boxberry, 147. 

 Boxwood, 207. 



Brachiate, with opposite branches. 

 Bract, a reduced leaf near the Ih.wers, 56. 

 Bracteoles, Bractlets, reduced bracts. 

 Brake, Common, 27. 

 Branches, the divisions of a stem. 

 Brassica, 103. 

 Brazil Wood, 125. 

 Bristles, stiff, sharp hairs. 

 Brunella, 180. 



Bryology, the science of Mosses. 

 Bud, The, a rudiment. 186. 

 Bud-scales, reduced leaves covering the 



bud. 

 Bulb, an underground bud. 29, :'5. 

 Bulhlets, little bulbs formed in the leaf 



axils and fallin;; ofE. 

 Bulbous Crowfoot, 50. J^ 



Bulb, a scaly. 35. W 



Bulb, a coated, or tunicalcd, 35. "^" 

 Bulrushes, 270 JW^ 



Burgundy Pitch. 223. '^••'^ 



Butter-and-Eggs, 173. 

 Buttercup, 48. 

 Butterfly Weed, 199. 

 Buxus, 207. 



c. 



Cabbage, 10:3. 

 Cahbage Palmetto, 224. 

 Caducous, droi)|iiu«j: ofl' early, 6(). 

 Ctr-^pitous, forming tufts, or a turf. 

 Caladium, 2.3:3. 

 Calamus Rudentum, 227. 

 Calceolilria. 17C.. 

 Calico Bush, 155. 



